Question Mark Error and Stalling out

[Echo]

This is ganna be vague and im sorry ahead of time. My computer is behaving weird. Symtoms are: Im a gammer and i play Slkroad Online,the past 2 weeks i have been getting some kind of error message that throws me out of the game (dissconnect from game server)and the whole message contains question marks. My bf says that the computer is stalling out on him. It stops working for about 30-60 seconds then starts working again.
The prgrams that i installed recently are: the latest upgrade to my vid card and .net framework 2.0..which i just took out this morning. Bf says he thinks the Western Digital is dying, what do u think? If u need more info just let me know and ill provide it.  Thank you in advance,,,

[squirrel]

what is the error message EXACTLY as it appears?

tell us the full specs of the system (and i don't mean in your signature)

Also, when did this problem start?  Have you tried uninstalling recently installed software to see if this solves the problem? if it does, reinstall it one program at a time to see which one is causing the problem.

let us know.

[panboy]

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